Awards honor leaders using recognition and rewards to shape culture and drive tangible business impact

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Achievers, the world’s most utilized recognition and reward software, is proud to announce the winners of its second annual Achievers A-List Awards, celebrating the organizations taking impactful, meaningful, and creative approaches to their recognition and rewards programs powered by Achievers.

The awards come at a critical time, when only 19% feel regularly and meaningfully recognized by their manager, and 92% say they would put in more effort if they felt valued, according to the Achievers Workforce Institute.

This year’s winners were celebrated at Achievers’ Recognition Next events in Toronto, Melbourne, and London, highlighting a wide variety of recognition-powered success stories. The A-list Awards celebrate organizations that drive business success through the Achievers recognition and rewards platform.

The Achievers A-List Awards Winners of 2026 are:

Orica: When Orica saw that integrity, one of its core values, received less recognition than other values, it used its BravO platform to increase integrity-related recognitions by 350% and sustain momentum with a 27% year-over-year lift.

The Lottery Corporation: Its Amplify program strengthened identity, belonging, and leadership behaviors, reaching a 98.9% activation rate, 88.7% monthly active leader usage, and nearly doubling recognition volume to 20,690 moments.

Westpac New Zealand: During the year-end period, Westpac New Zealand launched its #FY25Wrapped campaign, encouraging their team to pause, reflect, and acknowledge colleagues who made a difference – the result was a lift in recognition volume to more than 6,000 recognitions, a 20% increase in platform access, and a 233% month-over-month lift in recognition.

Center Parcs: Launched RecogniseMe, a company-wide digital recognition platform focused on inclusivity and accessibility, reaching 97% account activation, 65% monthly active users, and 221,000 recognitions received in 12 months.

RELX: Created a more inclusive and scalable recognition program, driving 90%+ employee enrollment, more than 75,000 recognitions received in the first year, nearly 80% of employees recognized, and an 88% increase in award nominations.

Bell Canada: Turned AI adoption from a strategic priority into everyday behavior by embedding an AI Adopter module into its Better Together recognition platform, increasing enterprise adoption by 62.5% and awarding 1.34 million points to reinforce AI adoption behavior.

Cineplex: By embedding recognition into daily operations and frontline roles, they reported 78% of employees feel motivated, and 40% of theater locations improved their NPS year-over-year.

General Motors: Activated its new Behaviors rollout through a non-monetary campaign, driving record engagement, a 300% increase in sent recognitions, and a more balanced distribution of recognition across all Behaviors.

Morningstar: Expanded a regional pilot to a global program across 20+ countries, contributed to increased engagement by 10 percentage points, reduced attrition, reached nearly 90% platform activation, and strengthened connection across its global workforce, including 8,000 employees on the platform.

Rocket: By unifying recognition, rewards, and well-being in one scalable Achievers experience, Rocket increased engagement survey results by 8%, grew overall program engagement by about 150%, and boosted non-monetary recognition by 50%.

Ryan, LLC: Expanded its Achievers-powered RyanPRIDE program, empowering leaders to celebrate volunteer, engagement, and community-building efforts across 117+ locations while achieving 87% budget utilization and nearly doubling recognition tied to “Generosity Matters.”

TEAM, Inc.: Centralized its program, increased activation from 52.3% to 79.7%, engaged 1,271 new users, achieved 77.3% gift redemption among active employees, and drove administrative efficiency.

Würth Canada Ltd.: Anchoring recognition to ten Cultural Attributes of High Performance, Würth Canada connected a remote, field-based workforce and reinforced values in everyday moments. By creating a culture of appreciation along with a number of strategies to drive transformation, Würth Canada reduced staff turnover by 60%, nearly doubled average productivity per employee, and improved its Glassdoor rating by 20%.

This is a sampling of standout winners who were highlighted in this year's A-List Awards. Additional winning programs showed the power of recognition to drive inclusive participation, reinforce culture-defining behaviors, scale connection globally, improve engagement, and support retention.

“The 2026 A-List Award Winners show what’s possible when recognition is treated as a strategic business function,” said Scott Landers, Chief Executive Officer at Achievers. “These organizations are connecting appreciation to measurable business outcomes, strengthening employee engagement, improving retention, and building a culture that inspires and motivates employees. These successes demonstrate that embedding recognition within the fabric of the business unlocks companies’ potential to fuel long-term growth.”

The A-List Award winners were chosen based on the business problems they solved, how they brought the Achievers solution to life, and the measurable outcomes they achieved. Winning initiatives ranged from values-led recognition campaigns that improved employee engagement, targeted programs that improved company culture and connection, and inventive strategies that fostered collaboration, while connecting back to business goals.

“Successful recognition goes beyond a simple ‘thank you’ or ‘good job’ and this year’s A-List Award winners are proving just that,” said Kristian Gaetano, Chief Operating Officer at Achievers. “By identifying new innovative ways to embed meaningful recognition directly into their company culture, at a time when employees expect recognition to be consistent and intentional, the 2026 A-List Award winners are showing what’s possible when appreciation is a core tenet of the everyday employee experience.”

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